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> Also hard to audition for longer periods as suggested He did follow that up by saying you should pay the candidate for the "audition" as a contractor. I've p
by mkramlich 13y ago
> Also hard to audition for longer periods as suggested
He did follow that up by saying you should pay the candidate for the "audition" as a contractor. I've personally experienced this, and love it, and I advocate it strongly if not outright insist on it going forward. It's the employment equivalent of dating before marriage. And it's about Getting Real as much as you can, as early as you can.
- mooreds 13y agoIf someone is working a full time job (the currently employed are definitely targeted in the article), and are 'experienced'/older, and thus more likely to have other demands on their time like wife/kids, contracting, even in off hours, becomes more difficult. It won't be impossible to 'audition' but it will definitely be tougher. (To say nothing of the intellectual property issues if the possible employee is in a related field and the employer is peeved at them leaving.) If I was at a stable, good job, and wasn't looking, and someone was trying to poach me with the siren call of 'contract to hire' or 'work this weekend', well, it'd be an uphill battle for the poacher. Maybe that's why I'm not in the Bay area, working for a startup :).
- beat 13y agoIt'd depend on what the incentives are. If you're trying to lure a highly experienced person from a secure enterprise job to the uncertainties of a startup, what are you offering them? Money? They can make a lot more than a startup can offer by going into consulting, if they're good. Freedom? Maybe. A mission? Maybe. But you'd better have something. For an example of other conditions... I have a friend I'd love to poach away to work for me. But he's the sole breadwinner with five young children. Besides money, I'd have to make sure I can provide good health benefits.